short on all the things i don’t want, i’m full of love and longing
since i’m avoiding my mountain of homework, i thought i’d waste a little more time on here spewing out more useless thoughts. appropriately thanksgiving themed.
i am thankful for the following:
- the usual.. family, friends, food, home, being alive. this includes:
- my family. we don’t talk much and aren’t that close, but they are just about always supportive of everything i want to do and will go out of their way to help me, and don’t even ask much of me in return
- good friends like nancy, zach, other zach haha, katie, and jaimi, and being able to see those from home not as often as i’d like, but when we’re home at the same time (it does happen haha) they’re not too far away
- a second successful thanksgiving meal for me as a vegan; i made mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, and bread, and also had acorn squash (which i messed up unfortunately) and sparkling apple cider and grape juice.. simple but delicious
- having access to good, healthy food and being able to make so many good things from said good food
- ithaca, my lovely second home
- shanti, my beautiful bike
- my other material possessions that allow me to experience the outdoors and enjoy life, such as clothing and gear
- good music
- being young and having a healthy, functioning body
- the beautiful weather we had today and this AMAZING indian summer we’ve had
- the inexplicably wonderful, beautiful, awe-inspiring, natural world and the magic it holds in every subatomic particle
- all the privileges in my life.. being able to go to school, live on my own in a beautiful place with an amazing community, sleep in a bed in a warm house at night, go to amazing places and meet amazing people and have amazing experiences..
..and i could go on and on. i don’t think i’ll ever be able to properly express my gratitude for these things (as i am notoriously awful at expressing any type of emotion), but hopefully at least the people on this list know by now my appreciation for them.
